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CHAMPA v. WESTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SJC-11838.

473 Mass. 86 (2015)

MICHAEL CHAMPA v. WESTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 23, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris R. MacKenzie Ehrens for the defendants.

Peter F. Carr, II, for the plaintiff.

Mary Ellen Sowyrda, pro se, amicus curiae, was present but did not argue.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Maura Healey, Attorney General, & Peter Sacks, State Solicitor, for Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Stephen J. Finnegan for Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc.

Amy M. Rogers, Catherine L. Lyons, & Melissa A. Curran for Lyons & Rogers, LLC.

Robert E. McDonnell, Charles L. Solomont, Caitlin M. Snydacker, Peter G. Byrne, Matthew R. Segal, & Jessie J. Rossman for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.

In this case, the question presented is whether settlement agreements between a public school and the parents of a public school student who requires special education services are "public records" or exempt from disclosure. We conclude that the settlement agreements, regarding placement of students in out-of-district private educational...

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